Hello All,

I'm new to this group though I've owned my early '74 260Z for 13 years. Am just beginning the big project of refurbishing this car as it hasn't ran for the last 11 of those years. The body is straight with the exception of a few dents and has no rust. All the systems need to be reworked and the engine needs to be rebuilt (I presume). It always ran great and never leaked or burned a bit of oil. If you've ever had an engine that sat for so long and have any input, please let me know your thoughts!! Anyway, I'm certain I'll have my hands full this winter but I'm going to need a second car by next spring and I know my good 'ole Z car is up for that. I look forward to hearing from you and learning about your Z car! Until then, take care and thanks for reading!

Tom.

Welcome, Tom. The Oregon contingent here is mostly centered farther north (no surprise), but there are a fair number of us. Keep us posted on how it goes.

Thanks Arne! I'm learning plenty already. Seems there is another newbie like me up in Portland that just got a Z for free (lucky dog!!) and there have been some great posts on his thread that also apply to my car. I'll certainly keep you posted on my progress!

Rainman, welcome to ClassicZcars.com. You'll feel at home on this site, and everyone here is more than helpful to help out.

Welcome to the board. Medford is awesome, I stay there when I go down to Santa Cruz during the summer. Food4Less is the $^!#!

Welcome to the board. Medford is awesome, I stay there when I go down to Santa Cruz during the summer. Food4Less is the $^!#!

Santa Cruz, CA?

Santa Cruz, CA?

Yeah, I've got a beach house there.

All the systems need to be reworked and the engine needs to be rebuilt (I presume). It always ran great and never leaked or burned a bit of oil. If you've ever had an engine that sat for so long and have any input, please let me know your thoughts!!

Hi Tom:

If the engine was left in the car and car stored inside - I wouldn't give up on it too soon. Especially if it ran well and didn't burn any oil before it was parked. I'd sure try to save it if possible, it's hard to get a better engine than the one the factory put together in the first place.

You might want to read/follow this thread..

See Post #8 and forward.. at: <a href=http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/showthread.php?t=22619 TARGET=NEW> "Waking the sleeping beast"</a>

good luck,

Carl B.

Carl Beck

Clearwater, FL USA

http://ZHome.com

Carl's got a point, Tom. I'm swapping a '71 L24 into my car over Labor Day. It has been sitting for 2-3 years, but appears to still be fine. Not as long as yours, but still quite a while. I'll post back later on how it goes.

Hi Tom;

I am one of those guys Arne talked about being up north I think of the Portland Vancouver Group I am the furthest North. I am actually in Tacoma, WA. but, have found the friendship and knowledge base from this group of guys well worth the trip down. My car sat for several years and last winter I started the wake up on it as well. My car had some major body rust and I have now gotten that all taken care of as well as possible.

I did a compression test on my engine and was surprised how quickly this L24 came up to the 170's. Barring some major problem with mine I am going to just run it. See what we get and then make a decision on what to do next if anything.

Thanks so much for the welcome Pir0San, theianmonster and Jim! It'll be fun to share my project with everyone and get the kind of help that I've seen already on this and other threads. Thanks for the link Carl, but I was all over your post in the "waking the beast" thread. I've already printed out your suggestions and they are on my toolbox as we speak! Mike and I have much in common! I read every entry at Arne's website until late in the evening last night and very much enjoyed the time and effort you put into keeping the site current. I will have some electrical issues to iron out as well. My 260 was having some intermittent issues with the driver side headlight before it quit running completely (no spark).

I removed my fuel tank last night and will have it boiled and painted this week. Once that's done, I intend to replace all the fuel and vent lines in the back and under the hood. I have already bought the ATF, it will go into the cylinders upon completion of this post and I hope to manually move the crankshaft pulley next weekend. I'll keep you posted with my progress!!

I read every entry at Arne's website until late in the evening last night and very much enjoyed the time and effort you put into keeping the site current.

Awww, now I'm embarrassed agin. My website was originally conceived as an easy way to keep my Dad (in Klamath Falls) and my brother (in Corvallis) up to date. I didn't know if anyone else would be interested enough to follow along. It still amazes me when I look at the web server stats to see how many people from around the world visit - not just once, but repeatedly. It's made me a few new Z pen pals, too.